---
name: "Sara Murphy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sara-murphy"
fi1m_id: "sara-murphy"
imdb_id: "nm2072976"
tmdb_id: 1236222
wikidata_id: "Q95652740"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-03T21:15:21.609015+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sara Murphy

## Identity

Sara Murphy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sara-murphy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sara-murphy
- **IMDb ID:** nm2072976
- **TMDB ID:** 1236222
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95652740
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Murphy_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95652740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2072976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236222

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Paul Thomas Anderson](https://film.one/person/paul-thomas-anderson.md), [Adam Somner](https://film.one/person/adam-somner.md), [Alana Haim](https://film.one/person/alana-haim.md), [Sean Penn](https://film.one/person/sean-penn.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 8 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 80 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 80 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 3, Comedy 2, Music 2, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $269m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Murphy_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95652740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2072976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236222

## Coming up

- *Paper Tiger* (2026-11-12), Executive Producer
- *Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall* (2026-11-20), Executive Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*One Battle After Another*](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md) (87), [*If I Had Legs I'd Kick You*](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Never Rarely Sometimes Always*](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md) (84), [*Licorice Pizza*](https://film.one/film/licorice-pizza.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sara Murphy is an American film and music video producer. She began her career as an assistant to Philip Seymour Hoffman and served as associate producer on his 2010 directorial debut *Jack Goes Boating*.

Murphy has produced independent features including *Land Ho!* (2014), *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020) and *Licorice Pizza* (2021). She has collaborated extensively with Paul Thomas Anderson on music videos and films such as *Anima* (2019) and *One Battle After Another* (2025). She previously worked with the production company PASTEL and co-founded Fat City in 2022.

Her producing credits also include *Gemini* (2017), *The Mountain* (2018), *Mother, Couch* (2023), *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025) and *The History of Sound* (2025). She has received awards including the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award and the Academy Award for Best Picture for *One Battle After Another*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *One Battle After Another* (2025), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md)
- *The History of Sound* (2025), Fi1m 62, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-of-sound.md)
- *Licorice Pizza* (2021), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/licorice-pizza.md)
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)
- *Anima* (2019), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/anima.md)
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Paper Tiger* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Rosebush Pruning* (2026), Thanks
- *If I Had Legs I'd Kick You* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/if-i-had-legs-id-kick-you.md)
- *One Battle After Another* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/one-battle-after-another.md)
- *The History of Sound* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-of-sound.md)
- *Potato Potato* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Mother, Couch* (2024), Producer
- *Licorice Pizza* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/licorice-pizza.md)
- *The Underground Railroad* (2021), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-underground-railroad.md)
- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)
- *Anima* (2019), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/anima.md)
- *The Mountain* (2019), Producer
- *If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/if-beale-street-could-talk.md)
- *Person to Person* (2017), Producer
- *HAIM / Valentine* (2017), Producer
- *Gemini* (2017), Producer
- *Hunter Gatherer* (2016), Producer
- *Morris from America* (2016), Producer
- *Land Ho!* (2014), Producer
- *Jack Goes Boating* (2010), Associate Producer
- *Untitled Mike Mills Film*, Producer
- *Tomorrow Is a Drag*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2026: Best Picture (nominated), for *One Battle After Another*
- 2022: Best Picture (nominated), for *Licorice Pizza*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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